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Step 1: Understand the advantages of sorcerers. This is their superior Spells per Day and ability to spontaneously apply metamagic.

Step 2: Understand the disadvantages of sorcerers. This is their limited spells known, lack of class abilities, and inability to quicken spells.

Step 3: Minimize those disadvantages. Expand spells known through any means necessary, don't take spells that you can't metamagic or can regularly access through wands or similar. Take a prestige class as soon as you can, and never look back. Metamagic specialist (PHBII) alternate class feature lets you cast metamagic spells at normal speed 3+Int times per day for the cost of your familiar (which won't progress in a prestige class anyway).

Step 4: Use the advantages. This means that unlike a Wizard, you can be much more fast and loose with your spells without worrying as much about wearing out for later encounters. This also means picking up a metamagic feat, or 3, which can prove useful as you can use them whenever you need them.


With this list, the questions come up (as they always do) "What are the other players playing?" and "Are there any prestige classes you're looking to enter?" This can be important, for example a UMD Rogue can help with wand use or a summoner cleric might enjoy more battlefield control for their monsters to let loose. Additionally, feats and spells for qualifying for prestige classes may lock in choices you might not otherwise take.

Finally, as with most feat starved builds there is the question "Are they allowing flaws?" (flaws are presented in Unearthd Arcana page 91), as this would allow you to pick up more metamagic and/or more easily qualify for a prestige class.

Mar 11, 2013 -- 1:37PM, Alsebra wrote:

Draco, I believe the numbers are his levels and the spells are the ones that he's going to have access to each day.  I might be mistaken, though...

Yes. Sorry, I thought it was clear.